St. Landry democrat., 1887-06-11
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.

The Socialists have taken advantage of
the strikes in Belgium to make demonstra-
lions at various places. They have held
several meetings, at which violent
speeches were made, the red flag was dis
played and"The Marseillaise' sung. Many
bombs and other explosives have been
seized in the houses of strikers in the
Meuse Valley.
Four shocks of earthquake were felt
at TEST, Italy, one being of great violence.
Shocks were also experienced at Ancora.
1t is officially announced that seventy
five corpses have so far been recovered
from the ruins of the Opera Comique,
Paris. 1t is expected that 100 will be
found. Twelve English people lost their
lives by the fire The funeral of the
theatre employees, which will be held in
the Church of the Madeline, will be an
imposing affair.
The following new French Cabinet is
announced: NJ. Rouvisr, president of
the council, minister ofTfinance and min
lister of posts and telegraphs; NJ. Flour
ems, minister of foreign affairs; M. Fal-
Heres, minister of the interior and of
public worship; NJ. Bousquet, minister
of JUSTICE NJ. Spuller, minister of public
instruction; NJ. Heredia, minister of
commerce; NJ. Berbe, minister of agri-
culture. No one has been chosen yet for
the marine portfolio. General S. Saus-
sier has declined the Office of war minis
ter. 1t is probable that General Ferron
will accept the war portfolio.
The Scotch yacht Thistle arrived at
Harwich after her tifty-mile race far
ahead of all competitors.
Father Keller, who was recently re-
leased from prison, was presented with
an address at Youghal by the
local branch of the National League.
In his reply he said that he would rather
be in a cell at Kilmainham jail, great as
was his horror of imprisonment, than
witness the recent atrociOus evictlons on
the Ponsonby estate.
A cyclone which visited the neighbor-
hood of Calcutta, 1ndia,was very destruc-
tive. A local steamer, with $50 passen-
gers aboard, was caught by the cyclone,
and is missing. 1t is feared she is lost,
with all aboard. The district of Orissa
was completely devastated by the cy-
clone.
A local band serenaded Cardinal Glib
bons at the palace of the Bishop of Cloyne,
at Queenstown, previous to his sailing
for New York An enormous crowd was
present. The cardinal said that his mis-
sion had been successful; that the Pope
knights of Labor favorably.
The cotton spinners at Ashton under
Lyme, England, have agreed to the
proposition made at the meeting of
spinners at Manchester that the
mills should be run on half time for
eight weeks in case two-thirds of the
trade agree to the plan.
A fire in Brooklyn DESTROYED the coop
erage works of L. NJ. Palmer, freight
house of the Erie railroad and some
smaller buildings The losses are $780,
900, of which $4,000 falls on the COOP
erage works. A fireman had three ribs
broken by falling wall.
A shanty at the No. shaft of the new
Croton Aqueduct, at Merritt's Corners,
n. Y, was burned About seventy five
men were sleeping at the time Two of
them-James Connolly and another, name
unknown-perished, and two others were
severely burned, one named Michael
Baker, perhaps fatally.
Ex-Governor Shepherd, of District of
Columbia fame, was seriously injured by
being thrown from his horse in mining
tunnel in Chihuahua, Mexico, a short
time ago. At last accounts erysipelas
h., l.,
ton.
An earthquake shock, with "lifting
notion lasting five seconds, was felt in
the City of Mexico and surrounding
towns. Then "a low roar was heard &C
companied by stiff breeze" and then
followed a violent oscillation of the earth,
which lasted thirty-nine seconds, and
awoke nearly the whole population.
Houses swayed as if they were ships at sea.
and persons rising from their beds were
in many cases thrown with force to the
floor. Bells were rung in the hotels, and
everywhere doors were forced open.
Then came still another oscillation of
much violence, proceeding from north to
south. During this shock crockery was
thrown down and pictures demolished
in several houses. Then followed a scene
of general confusion, dogs barking and
horses neighing and stamping in their
stables. Thousands of persons dressed
themselves and did not go to bed again.
Reports do not show any fatalities as the
result of the earthquake At the School
of Mines, Secretary Ugalde reports that
the self-registering seismic instruments
showed that heavy shock had taken
place.
A terrible explosion has just occurred
in the Udston coal pit at Blantyre,
village in Lanarkshire, eight miles from
Glasgow, Scotland. The shaft is blocked
with debris caused by the explosion.
Forty-five miners who were imprisoned
in the upper seam of the pit were
rescued, but one of them died after being
brought to the surface. The others are
suffering from the effects of the shock
and fire damp. Access to the lower
seam, where seventy men were con-
fined, was found to be blocked by
the debris tumbled down by the explo-
sion. 1t was in this seam that the ex-
plosion occurred, and it is not believed
that any of the seventy men down there
can be rescued alive 1t is even thought
that they are all dead now. There were
seventy others imprisoned in the middle
seam. The volunteers working for their
rescue could hear them calling for help.
Cries of Gomez "Helpr' "Come